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How to pronounce lime in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms citrus aurantifolia, lime tree
Type of citrus tree, citrus
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Synonyms birdlime
Type of spread out, scatter, spread
Type Words
Synonyms burnt lime, calcined lime, calcium oxide, calx, fluxing lime, quicklime, unslaked lime
Type of oxide
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Synonyms calcium hydrate, calcium hydroxide, caustic lime, hydrated lime, lime hydrate, slaked lime
Type of hydrated oxide, hydroxide
Type Words
Synonyms basswood, lime tree, linden, linden tree
Type of tree
Has types white basswood, silver linden, american basswood, american lime, tilia tomentosa, tilia japonica, tilia heterophylla, tilia cordata, tilia americana, cottonwood, japanese lime, japanese linden, small-leaved linden, small-leaved lime, silver lime
Type Words
Synonyms birdlime
Type of adhesive agent, adhesive material, adhesive
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Type of cover


lime the lawn.
Type Words
Type of citrus, citrous fruit, citrus fruit
Has types key lime

Examples of lime

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The margaritas get a lime squeezed fresh into the glass, not a slug of sour mix.
From the theatlantic.com
Place grilled chicken skewers on a serving platter and garnish with lime wedges.
From the post-gazette.com
No. He's dressed up as a lime green superhero complete with nut-hugging spandex.
From the hecklerspray.com
Coat one side of a wedge of lime with the paste and serve alongside the tequila.
From the independent.co.uk
Solid colors are still around but in bright shades of fresh plum or bright lime.
From the post-gazette.com
It is best to apply fertilizer and lime according to the results of a soil test.
From the thestate.com
In a sauce pot, add everything except the lime leaves, saffron, salt and pepper.
From the abcnews.go.com
Garnish by floating orange, lemon and lime slices and frozen cranberries on top.
From the thestate.com
Place bell pepper, chipotle and sauce, cilantro and lime juice in a blender jar.
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  • Birdlime: spread birdlime on branches to catch birds
  • Calcium hydroxide: a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
  • Calcium oxide: a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
  • Cover with lime so as to induce growth; "lime the lawn"
  • Any of various related trees bearing limes
  • Linden: any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber
  • 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 kmu00B2 (0.386 squ00A0mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
  • Arvingarna is a Swedish dansband, which was formed in 1989 and which competed in the Swedish Melodifestivalen in 1993, 1995, 1999 and 2002. In 1993 they won with the song '"Eloise" and represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, where the song finished 7th.
  • Lime was a synth music outfit from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The group was composed of husband and wife Denis and Denyse LePage. Very early in their career, the group released an instrumental 12" single vinyl record called "The Break" under the name Kat Mandu. The single was successful and peaked at number three on the disco chart...